Training available in advance of Workday's launch

Training for Workday, a cloud-based human resources and payroll system, will be held for employees and supervisors in advance of the March 21 launch date.

Things to Do, Feb. 22-March 1

Events on campus this week include playwright Lauren Feldman '01 at the Schwartz Center, former Black Panther Charlotte O'Neal, talks on poetry and Vietnam, and the 36th Festival of Black Gospel.

Assemblies Update, Week of Feb. 18

An update from the Office of the Assemblies, including brief reports from the Student Assembly, Graduate and Professional Student Assembly, Employee Assembly and University Assembly.

Cornell Institute of Archaeology and Material Studies founded

The Institute for Archaeology and Material Studies will provide a new overarching structure for archaeology-related teaching and research across several disciplines at Cornell.

Robert C. Richardson, Nobel laureate and Cornell physicist, dies

Nobelist Robert C. Richardson, an experimental low-temperature physicist and one of Cornell’s most influential administrators, died Feb. 19 in Ithaca, N.Y. He was 75.

Endowed directorship paves way for agricultural innovation

Larry Goichman '66 and his wife, Jennifer, have endowed the directorship of the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva, N.Y.

VP Murphy reflects on gratitude in Soup and Hope talk

Vice President Susan Murphy '73, Ph.D. '94, reflected on the place of gratitude in her life and in recent research to an audience of about 150 at the latest Soup and Hope gathering, Feb. 14.

Cornell reduces emissions by 7 percent in last two years

Cornell has reduced its greenhouse gas emissions by 7 percent between fiscal years 2010 and 2012, according to the university's latest energy inventory.

Africana faculty participate in community dialogue

Black History Month puts focus on the role of black people in the development of world civilizations and memorializes figures who fought for equality, panelists said Feb. 16.